Hose-supporter.



'PATENTED IQIAR. s, 1904.

W. E. RINK. HOSE SUPPGRTER. APPLIOATgOKTlLBD-NOT. 17, 1903.

N0 MODEL.

Du 0 T N E N WITNESSES:

I firm ATTORNEY.

No. cease.

ilnrrnn STATES Fa'tented March 8, 1904.

i a. m v F \VILLIAM E. RINK, OF HILTON, NEW JERSEY, ASSlGNUit 1U 11. ANDA. B. MEYER, OF NEWARK, NEvV JERSEY, A FIRM.

HOSE -SYJFPORTER SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 'Z5fi3i'i", dated March 8, 1904:.

Application filed November 17, 1903. Serial No- 181,569= (1T0 model.)

To aZZ who'ln if; Wut concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM E. RINK, a citi- Zen of the United States,residing at Hilton, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, haveinvented and produced a new and original Improvement in Hose-Supporters;and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, and to figures of reference markedthereon, which form a part of this specification.

The objects of this invention are to enable a hose or stocking to besupported or held in place with greater security, to facilitate thefastening and unfastening of said stocking; to provide a device whichwill be both simple, convenient, and effective, and to obtain otheradvantages and results, some of which may be referred to hereinafter inconnection with the description of the working parts.

The invention consists in the improved hosesnpporter and in thearrangements and combinations of parts of the same, all. substantiallyas will be hereinafter set forth, and finally embraced in the clauses ofthe claim.

' Referring to the accompanying drawings, in which like numerals ofreference indicate corresponding parts in each of-the several fig ures,Figure 1 is a front elevation of the improved supporter in connectionwith a supporting strap or tape of any usual construction and a portionof a hose, half-hose, or similar garment. Fig. 2 is a front elevation ofthe same detached from the said tape andv garment. Fig.3 is-a rearelevation. Fig. 4 .IS a central vertical section showing-the parts opento receive the upper end of the said garment; and Fig. 5 partly closed.

In said drawings, 10 indicates a horizontally-oblong strapring, to thelower side of which are pivotedrthe jaws 11 and 12, between which thegarment is to be inserted, the lower ends of said jawsbeing free to openand close, as indicated in Figs. 4: and 5. v

l The rear jaw 12 at about midway between its upper and lower endsprovides bearings is a view showing the parts end of the jaw 11.

at 15, at a point forward from its pivotal bearings, and thus saidtongue at its forward end when the jaws 11 and 12 are pressed togetheris adapted to lie in front of the lower The pivotal bearings of thetongue 13 are such as to enable the said tongue to be sustained in itsraised position, as in full line of Fig. 4, without the aid of the hand,and to this end said bearings are preferably as shown in detaihthe rearor upper end of said tongue being provided with lateral angular pivotalextensions 16, which lie in fsuitabl'e recesses formed by cutting themetal of the jaw 12 and pressing" suitable socltets or recesses 7therein, so to prevent free turning of the tongue except when pressed bythe hand. The pair of cuts or slits 17 forms a resilient strip 18, whichbears on the rear or upper angular end of the tongue to hold the partsin'the de- 7 5 sired relation, but permit the desired turning, asstated. At the extremities of the angular lateral extensions arerearward stay projections 20, adapted to lie at the opposite edges ofthe resilient stripiS to hold the tongue .0 in operative position withgreater security. These said projections 20 are particularly useful whenthe tongue ismade of a loop of bent wire, as indicated in Fig. 2. Tooperate the invention, the parts b eing; 5 arranged as shown and abovedescribed, I first suspend the supporter from a strap ortapc 19, Fig. 1,attached to the person in any'nsiial or suitable manner, and after thehoselias been drawn upon the foot and leg the upper 99. edge thereof isinserted between the jaws, open, as in Fig. 4c, the said hose passingover the forwardly-projecting end of thetongue 13. The jaws are thenclosedWogctlrer, the material of the garment being fbrcedwith and by'thetongue through the perforation oropening 1%, after which the tongue,carrying the material with it, is pressed dobvn y the fin gels, and thuslocked, or fast lied with great security. Draft on the stocking' istaken by we "the lower edge of the opening 14 of the front plate and bythe sharp biting edge at the extremity of the tongue and to some extentby the rounding '15, over which the stocking or fabric supported isstretched, as indicated in Fig. 1, the downdraft of said fabric tendingto hold the tongue .13 in lower position, so that the fabricis securelyfastened, and distributing the strain on the fabric, so that the latterwill not be quickly worn or cut. The biting edge of the opening and thebiting extremity of the tongue are directly opposed in substantially thesame vertical plane when closed together, and thus securely hold thefabric.

Having thus described the invention, What I claim as new is 1. In ahose-supporter, the combination of two jaws pivoted together, one ofwhich is provided with mil-opening and the other pro vided with apivoted tongue adapted toextend.

through the opening of the jaw and be turned down after insertion insaid opening and means for yieldingly holding said tongue in fixedrelation to the jaw to which it is pivoted substantially as set forth.

- as set forth.

3. in a hose-supporter, the combination of two gaws one oi: whichisprovided with an opening and the other ofwhich is provided.

with a downwardly-curved pivotal tongue adapted to extend through theopening of the open jaw, and a resilient strip or part adapted to presson said tongue and hold it in position preliminary to its passagethrough said opening, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this98th day of October, 1903.

WILLIAM E. RINK.

Witnesses:

CHARLES H. FELL, RUssnLL M. EVERETT.

